People enjoy taking in the sight of peak-bloom plum blossoms in the Soga Bairin plum grove in Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Sunday. About 35,000 plum trees stand in the grove, where early ...

Police in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, have arrested two men on suspicion of killing a 56-year-old woman at her apartment in August last year. Emiko Kasahara was found dead on Aug 9 by a caregiver.

From being introduced to the works of Rumiko Takahashi as a teenager in the UK, Elliot found himself falling ever deeper into the clutches of Japanese popular culture. It was not until he first ...

The Nippon Foundation and information technology provider Dwango Co. are applying to operate Zen University headquartered in Zushi, Kanagawa Prefecture. All courses are provided online.

It looks like a "nigiri-zushi" (hand-pressed sushi) made from an oval-shaped ball of Fukkurinko rice, the city's specialty, and a surf clam ("hokki-gai"). Zushihocky became popular for its "kimo ...